Baling-press.



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Patented June 5, I900.

E. C. SOOY.

BATLINGHPRESS.

(Application filed Aug. 28, 1899.)

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Patented June 5, I900.

E. C. SOOY. BALING PRESS. (Application filed Aug. 28, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES EPHRAIM C. SOOY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BA'LiNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 650,957, dated. June 5, 1 900.

' Application filed August 28, 1899. Serial Nd. 728,722. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM O. SOOY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofdl/Iissouri, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The invention has for its objects an increased development of power in the powerconveying devices of the press and a red uction of power to the minimum required to operate them; second, to counteract the shock in the rebound of the head-block, and, third, the rigid connection of the suspended end of the beam connecting the power with the feedchamber of the press.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, such as will be first fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims. In the drawings, Figure l is aside elevation of the improved baliug-press in an operative position with the sides of the feed and baling chambers removed. Fig. 2 is a plan View with the sweep and hopper removed. Fig. 3 is an isometrical view of the bottom of the feed-chamber of the press, showing the suspended end of the main beam extending from the power mechanism in rigid connection with the feed-chamber. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the base-plate at the power end of the press, showing the bed for the vibrating rope-operating plate and the eccentric position of the crank-shaft bearing, also showing the lateral extension of the base plate and the vibrating plate in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the baling and feed chambers of the press as seen in Fig. 1, and showing a modified form of power with a rodand-chain connection. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and side views, respectively, of an alternate construction of the power mechanism of the press.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the feed-chamber of the press, and B the bailing-chamber, which are of ordinary construction. In the feed-chamber A is the head-block O, which is also of well-known construction. The baling chamber B is mounted upon the axle d, upon the ends of which axle are the wheels D D. WVith the axle d are pivotally-connected one end of the parallel bars d d, the other ends of which bars are extended rearwardly and to a position near the rear end'of the feed-chamber A.

E is a knuckle-jointed lever operating the head block 0. One portion or arm of the lever E is triangular in form, the sides 6 c of which are connected at their lower ends pivotally to a shaft e which extends transversely to the feed-chamber A and is arranged a short distance above the bottom and near the rear end of said bottom. The other portion e or arm of the lever is pivotally connected with the head-block C at c. Said portion of the'leverfrom the pivotal point of the lever with the head-block to its pivotal connection with the upper meeting ends of the parts 2 e is forked-at 0 Within the inner portion of the sides a a of the feed-chamber A, andnear the bottom a and a short distance forward of shaft 6 are secured grooved blocks F, in the groove of which are yielding stripsf, such as wood or rubber, against which the rear end of the head-block comes in contact at the limit of rebound of the headblock.

G represents the power mechanism of the baling-press, which is constructed as follows: With the axle 'i supporting the power mechanism is connected rigidly a circular plate h,

upon which is an upwardly-extended annular flange h. Within the flange h is a circular plate 71 fitting therein, so as to permit an oscillating movement of the axle c'. With the top of plate 72 is rigidly connected a rectangular-shaped base or casing 71 with the forward end of which is connected the lower end of the upwardly and rearwardly extend.- ed casting or gooseneck M, which is deflected or inclined laterally at an angle to the baseplate h in the end of which is the shaftbearing 'h", which receives the upper end of shaft g In the outer end of the base-plate h beneath the bearing 71. and near one side of said plate W, is a journal-box h, which receives the lower end of shaft 9 Upon the surface of the base-plate ha a short distance from the journal-box h and in the direction of the casting 7t" and equidistant from the longitudinal edges of the plate 7L3 is a stud 71 upon which is pivoted the vibrating segment-plate g. Upon the edge of the baseplate its is a lateral extension of said base, consisting of a bar 71/ bent in the are of a circle to afford a bearing for the segmentplate g, and the ends of said bar bent upon the line of the chord of arcs, as at h h", and said ends bolted to the said base-plate, the upper edge of the bar 7L8 being in the horizontal plane of the upper surface of the baseplate. Upon the .stud 7L7 is pivoted the vibrating lever g, which consists of a flat plate in the form of a segment of a circle, which is pivotally connected with the stud 7L7 on base h and secured on said stud by the screw-cap h In the outer curved edge of the plate g is a groove g, which receives and guides the rope N in the movement of said plate upon its pivot. In the bearings its on the casting 7L, and the journal-box h on base m, is a vertical shaft 9 upon which are the crank-arms g g g. \Vith the side of the crank-arms at their outer end are connected by bolts the blocks curved upon their outer and inner faces and fitting the curved outer end g of the said arms, the lower end of which blocks extend downwardly nearly to the plane of the surface of the plate 1 in the circle of rotation of the crank-arms.

Upon the radial line of the segment-plate 9, toward the casting h, is a notch g to admit a portion of the side of the casting. Upon the other radial line of said plate g andupon the edge of the plate described by said line is an upwardlyextended flange or plate 9', which extends from a point near the pivotal point of said plate with the stud h to a position a short distance from the oi'lter curved edge of said plate g, the inner edge 9 of which flange is in the path of and is met by the curved surface and lower end portion of the block g on the crank-arm in the circle of rotation of said arms, and said inner edge f is inclined inwardly at an angle to the radial line of the inner edge of the plate 9 to which it is attached, the rear edge portion at the outer end of said flange being curved, as at g. \Vhile exerting power, the crank-arms are enabled by the inclined edge g to obtain an accelerated movement with an increase of power. \Vith the upper end of the shaft g is connected a sweep K in the ordinary manner for the operating of the power mechanism by horse-power.

L represents the main connecting-beam, one end of which is connected with the portion of the base-plate h" supporting the casting 7L by the plates 1 Z, secured to the outer longitudinal edges of said beam and the bascplate. The other end of beam L extends to a position beneath the feed-chamber A of the press and is connected pivotally with the outer ends of the parallel bars (1 on the axle d by means of a bolt Z, so as to be lowered in position in line with the power end of the press and the thrust thereof resisted by the said bars (7/ and the rear axle of the balingchamber. The said end of the beam L is held in a suspended position from the ground by the su 'morting-plates M M, which are pivotally connected with the under side of the bottom a of the feed-chamberA, and also with the longitudinal edges of beam L a short distance in rear of the point of connection of the parallel bars (1 with said beam Z l are eyes upon the edges of the beam L a short distance from the pivotal connection of the plates M with said beam and in the direction of the end of said beam connected with the power.

\Vith the vibrating plate or segment 9 is connected one end of a wire rope or cable N, which end extends within the groove g of said plate {1, he extreme end being secured by a block g, bolted to the edge of said plate having the flange and to the outer side of said flange. The other end of the wire cable extends to the under side of the feed-chamber A and thence over a grooved guide-roller n on the under side of said chamber, thence through a suitable opening in the bottom of said chamber upwardly between the forked ends of the parts a of the lmuckle-jointed lever E, thence over the upper end of said lever and within the curved extensions 0" on the upper end of said portion 6 of said lever. In the curved extensions e is a clamping-plate and a bolt 0.

g is a brace connecting the casting g with the beam L.

To assist in the rebound of the head-block (3, a spiral spring 0 is arranged beneath the bailing-chamber B and secured at one end adjustably to ascrew-bolt 0, extending through the lug o, secured to the under side of chamber 13, and upon which bolt is a nut 0 \Vith the other end of the spring 0 is connected one end of a rope o the other end of which rope extends over a pulley 0 at the rear end of the feed chamber A, thence extended within said chamber and connected with a plate 0 on the lower rear end of the headblock 0.

In the operation of the press the material to be baled is supplied to the hopper a and the feed-chamber A. Power is then applied to the sweep K and the shaft caused to rotate in its bearings. In the rotation of the shaft the block on one of the crank-arms 9 comes into contact with the inner edge of the flange g" and in one-quarter of a circle in rotation moves over the said inclined edge causing the plate g to move in the same direction and a corresponding distance. In the same movement tension is applied to the rope N and the power applied to the knucklejointed lever E, drawing the knuckle-joint downwardly and forcing the head-block C within the baling-chamber 1 and the material to be baled, which material is at once compressed. As soon as the crank-arm 9 reaches a position as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2, or nearly above the plane of the baseplate 7L3, the block 9 passes the outer end of Y the flange g and releases the tension upon the rope N. At the same time the expansion of the baling -material after compression causes the head-block or plunger to rebound with great violence, taking up the rope made slack by the release of the vibrating plate 9 and drawing said plate into the position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 in readiness for the contact of another crank-arm. In the forward movement of the head-block to compress the material the rope 0 is drawn by the head-block CV81 the pulley o lengthening the spring 0, and upon the rebound of the head=block the spring contracts, assisting the rebound in the initial compression of the material or before a bale has been formed in the baling chamber, after which time the expansion of the baled material is sufficient to cause the rebound of the head-block. In such rebound the head-block comes in contact with the yielding strip fin the block F in the inner side of the feed-chamber A and the shock to the plunger and press materially lessened;

In the eccentric position of the crank-shaft to that described by the stud 71. on the baseplate It a greater power is conserved, theeffect being to gradually increase the power exerted by the crank-arms on the vibrating plate g and lessen at the same time the power required to operate the crank-shaft. In this respect the team,while exerting the necessary power upon the sweep to compress the material, is not caused to exercise greater exertion to force the head-block to its full extent within the baling-chamber. The blocks g are preferably chilled steel and may be renewed. I

In moving the press from one location to another the bar d, which receives the thrust of the beam L in the operation of the press,. is disconnected and the beam moved forwardly as far as the guide-plates M permit and upwardly against the under side of the feed-chambenand abolt inserted through the bottom a of said chamber and the beam L, and a nut placed upon said bolt, as seen in Fig. 3, which makes a rigid connection with the baling-chamber, it being observed that the wheels I I, which support the power mechanism, are lower in position than the wheels D D duringthe operation of the press, so as to bring the beam L close to the ground, as seen in the drawings, and for this purpose the wheels I I may be removed from the axle or the ground excavated the proper depth.

Instead of employing wire rope N the rod P may be substituted. For this purpose the change in the power mechanism is simply in the substitution of the outwardly-extended plate R, as seen in Fig. 6, for the vibrating segment g, as in Fig. 1. The plate R is similar in construction to one of the crank-arms g and is pivotally connected with a stud on the base-plate, as described, of the segmentplate 9. The plate R is provided with a recessed inner edge 4, which extends horizontally through the end of the plate-arm R, and in the end of the said'arm is a rotary pivot r, through which pivot passes one end of rod P, operating the knuckle jointed lever E, which end is threaded and provided with a nut T The recessed inner edge permits said rod P to come nearly into a parallel position with the plate R in a retracted position of the rod P.

Instead of the blocks g upon the ends of the crank-arms the antifriction=rollers r are employed, which are pivotally connected with the under side of said arms and come in contact with the inner edge of an upwardly-extended flange 0", which is the same as the flange g on the segment-plate g, the said rollers bearing upon the inner edge of said flange these figures S represents the gooseneck-casting, and s the vertical power-shaft journaled thereon at one end and in the base-plate s at the other end. Upon the shafts are segmentgears s in place of the crank-shafts. The vertically-arranged vibrating segment-plate s is pivotally connected with a journal-bearin'g's onthe side of the gooseneck-casting, the collar 5 upon which plate is held upon the journal by the caps 8 in which is a screw 8 extendingwithin the end of the journalbearing. Upon the face of the segment-plate is bevel-gear s", with which gear the segmentgear on the shaft S engages intermittently. The rope s is connected with the segmentplate 3 in the same manner as in plate 9 in Fig. 1, the said plate also being'grooved to receive the rope In this construction as the power is applied to the rope s from the segment-plate s the tension is maintained in a direct line with the main beam, connecting the power with the balin g devices. The power from the beam is applied to shaft sin the same manner as indicated in Fig. 1.

I am aware that flanges in the arc of a circle and also radial flanges with curved edges have been employed, against which the rollers upon the crank-arms are caused to come into contact and impart power to operate the head-block, none of which enable the application of power in an increasing ratio, as in my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a baling-press with a snitablebase-plate and with the upwardly and rearwardly extended shaft-bearings for the driving-shaft, of the driving-shaft and IIO . ing said segment-plate with the materialc0mpressing devices of the press.

2. In a baling-press the combination with the chamberhavin g the material-'compressin g devices and with the power-actuating mechanism of a beam connected at one end with the said mechanism and pivoted supportingplates therefor at the other end, bars pivotally connected to the rear axle and to said beam and means for permitting said beam to be clamped directly to the baling-chamber.

In power mechanism for baling-presses,

the combination with a suitable base-plate, and with the outwardly and rearwardly extended neck-plate inclined laterally at an angle to said plate, of a rotary shaft journaled in said head-plate and said base-plate, a stud upon said base-plate, a vibrating segmentplate pivotally connected with said stud and having a groove in its outer curved edge, an upwardly-extended flange upon said segmentplate, having the plane 'of its bearing-face passing to one side of the axis of the plate, power-arms upon and extending outwardly from the rotary shaft, and antifriction-blocks detachably connected with said arms, extending downwardly and adapted to come into contact with the bearing-face of said flange, and a cable having suitable connection with said segment-plate within the groove in said plate, and means for rotating said shaft.

EPHRAIM O. SOOY. Witnesses:

T. G. SPARKS, JOHN '1. MARSHALL. 

